Zi:零
零 [líng] zero (=〇); 零碎 scrap/piece; 零件 spare part; 零钱 spare change [līng] 孤零零; (HDZ:) … [lián] (西羌名) 先零
3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):
►leng4 零 b.f./char. ►baak3 leng4 go3 百零個 ►cin1 leng4 man4/1 千零蚊
►ling4 零 b.f./char. ►dou3 gaa1 ling4 jat1 到加零一 ►gaa1 ling4 jat1 加零一 ►ling4 daan6/2 零蛋 ►ling4 ding1 零丁
►ling4/2 零 b.f./char. ►dau2 ling4/2 斗零
2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►²líng 零 {A} num. ①zero ②naught; nil ◆b.f. ①odd; a little extra ►língtóu 零头 ②fractional; part ►língshù 零数 ③small change ►¹língqián 零钱 ④(mechanical) part ►¹língjiàn 零件 ⑤wither and fall ►¹língluò 零落
►līng 零 {E} char. ►gūlīnglīng 孤零零 ►dīnglīnglīng 丁零零
The Shuōwén Seal form of 零() líng ‘slow/gentle rain/drizzle’ combines 雨 (yǔ) ‘rain’, and 令() lìng ‘decree/command’ (phonosemantic); rains from heaven decree plant growth; formerly also wr. 霝().
Note: Formerly 零 ‘rain/drizzle; fall’, later ‘withered/scattered; scrap/piece; nothing/zero’, in numeric contexts also wr. 〇/0 líng ‘zero’; cf. (易) ⚋ (阴).
“[零] To drip, a drop; fraction, trifle; odds; nought” —Karlgren(AD).
Compare: 另 lìng ‘remainder’; 另/𠮠/叧(冎) guǎ ‘cranium/skull’; 剐/剮(𠛰) guǎ ‘dismember’; 别/別(𠛰) bié ‘separate/distinguish’.
HDZ: 零 : líng : 徐徐而下的雨, 细雨; (雨/霜/露/…) 降, 落 (降雨); 凋落, 凋零 (零落); 零碎 (零钱); (数词) (0/〇: 小于任何正数, 大于任何负数 (二减二等于零); 没有, 无 (一切都从零开头); 数的空位; 不成整数, 余数); 摄氏温度表上的冰点 (零下五度); 齡: 年龄; 靈: 神灵; (姓); cf. 苓/零: 猪粪 (cf. 𤣘) • lián : (西羌名) 先零
►references: Guǎngyùn:134.24,196.15,432.36; Karlgren:AD558,GSR823u; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.4061.1; Mathews:4057; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1372.10; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:264.0.03; Wáng(1993):35; EDOC:1
►components: 雨令
►Cantonese: lihng\
Shuōwén: (零)
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</cdl>
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</cdl>
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